Doodles and more
Today’s Topic: Doodle Spirals and Petals Good Afternoon, Quilters and Doodlers! It’s 17 degrees below zero here in Minnesota-a perfect time to sit by the fire, sip a cup of tea and doodle my way to better quilting! In our last lesson we doodled spirals. We doodled large and small, clockwise and counterclockwise spirals. Today…
Easy/Beginner
Good Morning, Quilters! Today we have the easiest motif every quilter should learn-Flower Power! But first, news about books and shipping. I will be receiving cases of THE Book-25 Days to Better Machine Quilting-on Thursday and will begin shipping immediately. I am so excited for you to get your “hands-on” this book so we can…
Flowers/Leaves and more
Good Morning, Quilters and Gardeners! Today we are going to learn how to quilt the Overlapping Daisies pattern! This is a gorgeous border pattern and it’s easy–when you learn a few tricks! Three Pass Quilting We will stitch the Overlapping Daisies pattern in three “passes”. First, we stitch a row of Dots and Dashes. This…
Doodles and more
Good Afternoon, Quilters! Today we will continue to doodle with scallops and lines. Basic shapes can be combined to create a wide range of patterns. Just keep your pencil moving! See how many different shapes and patterns you can create with scallops, tapered scallops, circles and lines. (Tutorials and ideas below.) Scallops Tapered Scallops Circles…
Doodles and more
Good Morning, Quilters and Doodlers! Today we have an example of how to doodle and quilt a bouquet of flowers. YOU doodle, right!? If you’ve been reading this blog for any length of time, you are sure to know that I consider it one of the most important things you can do as a quilter!…
